The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ABSCOND
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More clues leading to the result ABSCOND
- Sailors, swindled, so to speak, do a runner
- Sailors trick duke and skip town
- . Leave sailor to support eliminating Spain
- A bishop’s caught on – daughter’s run away
- Seaman’s caught on – daughter’s run off
- Sailors pretend to bear north then do a runner
- A British silver– get away!
- Fly back east leaving after a couple from Aberdeen
- Run away with sailors to fish round Norway
- Sailors had reportedly run off
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The straight part
We know that "do a runner" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case do a runner = abscond.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABSCOND mean?
ABSCOND verb- To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.
- To withdraw from.
- To evade, to hide or flee from.
- To conceal; to take away.
- To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.